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Floods & storms, 1906

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Cyclone in Cuba. London 20th October

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 5

Cuba has been visited by a cyclone which killed many people and did great damage to property. At Havana, the capital of the…

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Early Colonial Days [All Rights Reserved.] The Biography of a Reliable Old Native, JOHN McGUIRE. After many interviews and fireside chats. The Great Flood

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 3

A graphic and interesting epitome of the stirring times of long ago, replete with sensational incidents, and thrilling episodes…

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Storm in Japan. 300 Vessels Missing

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 2

Reports from Tokio state that a great storm has been experienced around the coast, and after it had subdued 300 Japanese pearling vessels were found to…

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Received at 1 A.M. Great Japanese Storm. London, Oct. 26

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 2

Reports from Tokio state that after a great storm, which occurred in the Yellow Sea, three hundred Japanese pearling vessels are missing…

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Special Cable Service. Lovely Woman Storms the House of Commons. the Police Interfere. London

The Temora Star · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 2

Thirty advocates of woman suffrage assembled in the lobby of the House of Commons and demanded to see the Prime Minister…

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Japanese Storm

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 October 1906 · page 2

Of 1210 Japanese fishermen caught in a storm recently 822 were drowned and 100 injured…

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The Great Japanese Storm, Fearful Loss of Life. Received at 1 A.M. LONDON, Oct. 29

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1906 · page 2

It has now been definitely ascertained that of the 1210 Japanese fishermen caught in the great storm, an account of which was recently cabled, 821 were…

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The Riviera Storm

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 November 1906 · page 2

The Riviera storm occasioned damage estimated at a million sterling. Four hundred and fifty vessels were lost. There were but few casualties…

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The Riviera a Terrific Storm. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 November 1906 · page 3

[?] terrific storm has been experienced throughout the Riviera, particularly in its western or French portion. The famous fashionable resorts of Nice and…

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Murray and Murrumbidgee. Droughts and Floods. Iii

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 3

In dealing with early settlement it would be a serious omission not to refer to droughts and floods. In the coast districts where settlement…

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Destructive Storm. the Reviera Coast. Shipping Severely Damaged London, Nov. 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 8 November 1906 · page 4

A terrific storm has occurred along the coast of the Reviera, in the South of France. The damage done was enormous, and amounts to £1,000,000…

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Storm

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 2

A storm, accompanied by a terrific gale, passed over Murwillumbah yesterday, and houses and dairies were unroofed and trees blown down…

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Telegraphic News. General Cables. a Deluge of Whisky. London, Nov. 22

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 2

Owing to an accident at Gray's distillery, Glasgow, 200,000 gallons of whisky escaped into the street. Fourteen persons were almost drowned, and…

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Whisky, Flood

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 2

Owing to the collapse of a supporting column of a vat at Gray's distillery, Glasgow, 200,000 gallons of whisky flowed into the street. Fourteen…

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A Destructive Cyclone

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1906 · page 3

A destructive cyclone occurred at Mogara, W.A., on Saturday night. Buildings were levelled in all directions. Only a portion of the walls of…

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The Weather. Severe Thunderstorm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 November 1906 · page 2

The Wagga district was visited yesterday afternoon by one of the most severe thunderstorms experienced locally for many years. The weather…

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Wedding at Brucedale. Flood—shephard

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 December 1906 · page 2

Yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, December 5th, at 4.15 p.m., a pretty wedding took place in the Brucedale Methodist Church, when Miss Gertrude…

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Floods

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 2

There have been disastrous floods in Arizona. Fifty persona were drowned. Towns have been destroyed…

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Great Floods in Arizona. Fifty Persons Drowned. London, Dec. 5

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 2

Great floods, resulting in heavy loss of live, Have occurred in the State of Arizona, U.S.A. At Clifton the reservoir dam was destroyed, and the…

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After the Deluge

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1906 · page 2

THE deluge is over! The flood waters are subsiding ! In the Hume the rushing torrent of democracy has simmered down to a placid stream,…

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